[ On the run, hmm? From what feels like a natural question, but Geralt keeps it to himself for now. With one as Rocket, it could be many reasons.
His expression turns thoughtful. He tilts his head. ] I did. When I was a boy. But I never imagined flying off the sphere. Leaving home meant crossing into the next kingdom.
[ There are those who don't set a one foot past their village gate. It's a lot more effort to achieve when your options are to walk for weeks or saddle up a horse if you're lucky enough to own one. Venturing into another world was so beyond the realm of possibility, it never crossed his mind even in a childish fantasy. To him back then, to most of the Continent still, there were no spheres to go to. They were supposed to have shattered during the Conjunction.
Now he's here. Off-world in a way he never expected. ]
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His expression turns thoughtful. He tilts his head. ] I did. When I was a boy. But I never imagined flying off the sphere. Leaving home meant crossing into the next kingdom.
[ There are those who don't set a one foot past their village gate. It's a lot more effort to achieve when your options are to walk for weeks or saddle up a horse if you're lucky enough to own one. Venturing into another world was so beyond the realm of possibility, it never crossed his mind even in a childish fantasy. To him back then, to most of the Continent still, there were no spheres to go to. They were supposed to have shattered during the Conjunction.
Now he's here. Off-world in a way he never expected. ]